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Gulcin Ozkan – Turkey’s collapsing Lira: Government is running out of Options for embattled Currency

August 11, 2020 MDRose 0

The Turkish lira hit its weakest ever level against the US dollar on August 7, trading at 7.36 at one point, having lost nearly 20% of its value since the beginning of the year. It […]

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Bill Mitchell: Tracing the roots of progressive views on the duty to work

August 11, 2020 MDRose 0

Part 2 of a series. There are a number of interesting thoughts concerning a very divisive topic. Read here

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The Verge: Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify drivers as employees

August 10, 2020 MDRose 0

A stunning court ruling puts Uber and Lyft in a tight spot Read here Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

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Jonathan Cook – How the Guardian betrayed not only Corbyn but the last vestiges of British democracy

August 10, 2020 MDRose 0

This proves once again that liberal democracy is only about entitlement. The real surprise is that those we follow on Twitter, all “progressives”, round 20% of their tweets are articles from the Guardian. They see […]

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Michael Roberts – Summer Economics

August 10, 2020 MDRose 0

Michael Roberts looks at some newly published books on economics. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog It’s summer in the northern hemisphere and […]

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IWGB: IWGB wins worker status and rights for ‘gig economy’ CitySprint couriers once and for all

August 10, 2020 MDRose 0

City Sprint changed workers’ contracts rather than comply with a previous ruling that they were entitled to holiday pay and minimum wage. The company could now be forced to pay out thousands in unpaid holidays. […]

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Richard Murphy – How do we pay for the Green New Deal

August 10, 2020 MDRose 0

The idea may now be popular around the world, and is seen as the platform for creating a sustainable economy by many, but it is by no means a done deal. One of the biggest […]

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EU politics

Proton Mail: How Apple uses anti-competitive practices to extort developers and support authoritarian regimes

August 10, 2020 MDRose 0

Last week, the European Commission announced, in response to a complaint filed by Spotify, that it would be opening an investigation into Apple’s App Store practices, which potentially constitutes an illegal breach of EU competition […]

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Dean Baker – An Economic Survival Package, not a Stimulus Package

August 9, 2020 MDRose 0

Although about the USA the economic questions are the same as in the EU – and the policies are not that different. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy […]

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Inside Climate News – What’s a Virtual Power Plant?

August 9, 2020 MDRose 0

An interesting possibility, which would help reduce the power of big electricity providers and their destructive energy monopoly. Interestingly Italy has initiated a programme that has some similar features. By Dan Gearino Cross-posted from Inside […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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